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    Astor orphan : a memoir / Alexandra Aldrich.
    by Aldrich, Alexandra.
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    Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2013.
    Call #:921 A365a
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  • Aldrich, Alexandra.
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  • Aldrich, Alexandra -- Family.
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  • Astor family.
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  • Aldridge family.
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  • Upper class -- Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) -- Biography.
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  • Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) -- History -- 21st century -- Biography.
  • ISBN: 
    9780062207937
    0062207938
    Edition: 
    1st ed.
    Description: 
    x, 259 p. : ill., geneal. tables ; 22 cm.
    Notes: 
    Includes genealogical charts on endpapers.
    Contents: 
    Rokeby dreams. The legacy ; Guards of order ; The mentor ; Venison stew ; The Conference ; A meticulous record -- Elements of disorder. Sunday mornings ; The outlaw ; Past perfect -- Artists and drifters. The irregulars ; A seed is planted -- All in a summer's plunder. A parallel universe ; An imported order ; Repossessed ; Indisputable ; Animal wars ; A manly endeavor ; Like proper aristocrats -- Other exiles. Home and away ; Migrations ; Practically orphans ; Into the mouth of Hell ; A dream fulfilled -- In search of self. Blending in ; Interviewed ; The elusive edge.
    Summary: 
    Aldrich, a direct descendant of John Jacob Astor, tells the story of her eccentric, fractured family; her 1980s childhood of bohemian neglect in the squalid attic of Rokeby, the family's Hudson Valley Mansion; and her brave escape from the clan.
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    Autobiographies.
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